Check Out The Erotic Fiction Hoax Novel That Is One Of The Top-Sellers In iTunes

Who would have ever guessed that it would be possible to get a
fake erotic eBook into the top of the iTunes
bookstore?

Justin Young and Brian Brushwood of the NSFWshow podcast made it
possible. A few days ago, the duo debuted The Diamond
Club, an erotic fiction EBook that was written as a joke.

Young and Brushwood asked their listeners to submit portions of
the novel centered around one main character. (They were also
instructed to include as much sex as possible a la 50 Shades
Of Grey.)

The book got as high as number four on the iTunes store's
top-seller list, just behind the three 50 Shades Of
Grey novels. As of this writing, it's still number six
on the iTunes charts. Young tells us he and Brushwood have
already made more than $17,000 on the book after three days, but
this figure is before the 30% iTunes cut and their
platform Vook's cut (10%). The Diamond Club sells for
$0.99.

It seems like most people buying The Diamond
Club don't even realize it's a hoax. Here's an excerpt
from one
iTunes review:

[The Diamond Club Really pushes the
boundaries of female sexuality. I'm only about a quarter through
it but so far its great! Though it reminds a lot of the 50 shades
series at times. Its made me feel a bit dirty at times but it's
strangely kind of liberating. So far a great read. You won't be
disappointed.

The whole project has been a reboot of this 1960s hoax that Mike
McGrady executed with Newsday writers. Their
book, Naked Came
the Stranger, eventually made the New
York Times Bestseller List and actually became more
popular once the hoax was revealed.